Space junk crashes into far side of moon. It will take some time before we see the damage.

USA Today – Science

By Mike Snider – March 4, 2022

A much-debated piece of space junk, suspected to be part of a Chinese rocket that helped launch a 2014 lunar mission, hit the far side of the moon, scientists say.

The bus-sized third stage of a Long March 3C rocket was expected to crash into the moon at about 7:25 a.m. ET Friday, traveling at a speed of about 5,700 mph, space observers say. 

Originally, astronomers thought the space junk was a SpaceX rocket launched seven years ago.

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